The warriors recap on some of their favorites from the last year and compare lists. In part one of this two part series, we discuss the following:

Best New Series – 1:12
- Brightest Day
- American Vampire
- Morning Glories

Best Newcomer – 5:20
- Scott Snyder (American Vampire, Detective Comics)
- Marjorie Liu (Daken, X-23)
- Sean Murphy (Hellblazer: City of Demons, Joe the Barbarian)

Best Moment – 9:20
- Sentry kills Ares (Siege #2)
- Brightest Day’s white lantern prophecy (Brightest Day)
- Grodd shoots Luthor (Action Comics #893)

Best Fight – 12:30
- Tyler vs. Zach (Locke & Key: Crown of Shadows #4)
- Invincible vs. Conquest (Invincible #64)
- Everyone vs. Sentry (Siege #4)

Best Hero – 16:10
- Damian Wayne
- Spider-Man
- Hit Monkey

Best Villain – 20:17
- Bullseye
- Maxwell Lord

Best Penciller – 24:35
- Mike Allred (iZombie)
- Ryan Ottley (Invincible)
- Dustin Weaver (S.H.I.E.L.D.)

Best Inker – 31:30
- Cliff Rathburn (Invincible)
- Becky Cloonan (Demo 2)
- Dexter Vines (Ultimate Thor)

Best Colorist – 34:50
- Dave Stewart (Hellboy, BPRD)
- Laura Allred (iZombie)
- FCO Plascencia (Invincible)

Best Cover - 39:20
- Punisher Max #6 by Dave Johnson
- Superboy #1 by Raphael Albuqueque
- Daredevil #506 by Paolo Rivera
- Amazing Spider-man #641 by Paolo Rivera

Best Cover Artist – 45:40
- Raphael Albuqueque (Superboy, American Vampire)
- Marko Djurdjevik (Various Marvel)
- Rian Hughes (Invincible Iron Man)

Best Overall Artist – 50:30
- Frazier Irving (Flash, Batman The Return of Bruce Wayne)
- Chris Samnee (The Mighty Thor, Area 51)
- Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl, Mouse Guard: Legends of the Guard)
- Sean Murphy (Hellblazer: City of Demons, Joe the Barbarian)

Best Writer – 56:40
- Nick Spencer (Morning Glories, Shuddertown, Forgetless, Action Comics)
- Joe Hill (Locke & Key, The Cape)
- Grant Morrison (The Return of Bruce Wayne, Batman, Joe The Barbarian, Batman, Inc., Batman & Robin)

Trivia Contest: The Siege #1-4 signed by Brian Michael Benids, Olivier Coipel, Mark Morales, & Laura Martin.

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